Already in the run-up to the stage, the Alava runner is ambitious, as we explained in the live narration of the stage, saying “I want to be closer to Tadej Pogacar and more distant rivals. Win the Volta? Tadej is the number 1 favourite.”
The end of the stage lends Landa to burn all his ships and the Alava man tries it. He put his team to work at the beginning of the climb to Port Aine. And when he thought his rivals had their tongues hanging out and their legs warm enough, he sped up.
It lasted a few meters, and Pogacar quickly caught up with him. He tried to follow him, but was unable to, although he finished second at the finish line and reaffirmed his second place overall.
Speaking to Teledeporte at the end of the stage, Landa acknowledged that “the goal today is to get a little advantage over anyone third, I achieved it. It’s a shame that Pogacar is here and the victory is so difficult. I feel good, after ” Yesterday we had to try, if we don’t move we don’t know who it is, so it’s better to take the initiative.”
The man from Alava pointed out that “I knew Pogacar was going to heat up and I had hopes of being with him, maybe holding him closer to the finish line, but at the beginning I couldn’t. Sometimes with very long passes it was dangerous to go. ” in red because you pay for it at the finish line”.
Source: La Verdad
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